Emily Laurance

Harpist Emily Laurance has performed in numerous solo, chamber and orchestral settings throughout New England, North Carolina
and in the Bay Area. Formerly principal harp for the North Carolina Opera, the Carolina Ballet and the North Carolina Theater, she
now serves as principal harpist for the Stockton Symphony.

She has performed as a chamber musician with the Ciompi Quartet and the Mallarme Chamber Players, as well as many other
groups. With tenor Thomas Gregg she founded the duo DoubleAction; together they have performed in numerous concert series,
conferences and festivals, including the Boston Early Music Fringe Festival and at the North Carolina Museum of Art. Their
recording "The Harper's Song" features early lieder performed on single-action pedal harp.

Ms. Laurance's other recording credits include a performance of Luciano Berio's Sequenza II for Neuma Records and a guest
appearance on the album Perennial Favorites by the Squirrel Nut Zippers, which won the Recording Institute of American
Association's Gold Sales award.

Ms. Laurance has appeared as a concerto soloist with the UNC Symphony, the Duke Symphony, the Tar River Orchestra and as a
New England Conservatory Early Music concerto winner. Currently on the faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory, she has
also taught harp at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University.

Ms. Laurance studied harp with Jill Bailiff Reyes, with Cleveland Orchestra veteran Alice Chalifoux, and with Boston Symphony
harpist Ann Hobson Pilot. She holds degrees from Oberlin College, the New England Conservatory and UNC-Chapel Hill. Ms.
Laurance was twice a finalist in the American String Teacher's Association National Solo Competition and the recipient of an
Emerging Artist Awards from the Durham Arts Council.

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